US EditionLooking to speed up building network of migrant detention centers, Trump administration turns to the US Navy
The Trump administration is using $10 billion and U.S. Navy logistics to build soft-sided detention centers holding up to 10,000 migrants each, aiming to double capacity by January 2026.
- Next month, the Trump administration is funneling $10 billion from the Department of Homeland Security through the U.S. Navy to speed construction of migrant detention centers.
- Homeland Security officials rushed to secure contracts amid rising immigration arrests, as Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to more than double detention capacity to more than 107,000 by January 2026 from 59,762 people currently held.
- Companies would be hired to build and maintain soft-sided tent facilities holding up to 10,000 people each in Utah, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana and Pennsylvania.
- Reports of dysfunctional plumbing and inadequate care have intensified public backlash at detention sites, with migrants at the Fort Bliss complex recently facing medical neglect and poor legal access, while federal inspectors note frequent protests amid enforcement operations.
- Rising ICE federal contracts and military logistics suit quick-turn construction, Todd Harrison said.
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Miami, Oct. 24, (EFE).- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is channeling $10 billion to the Navy to expedite the construction of migrant detention centers, CNN reported this Friday based on nearby sources and a contract review. The centers, which could start opening next month, would house up to 10,000 people each in Louisiana, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Utah, and Kansas states, detailed the medium. Sites to assist the Immigrati…
By Natasha Bertrand and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of immigration detention centers across the United States in a deal aimed at getting the centers built faster, according to sources and federal contracting documents. Construction on some of the facilities will begin as early as next month, one of the sources…
Looking to speed up building network of migrant detention centers, Trump administration turns to the US Navy
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster, according to sources and federal contracting documents.
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